Jul 25, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
On Wednesday, the White House released a statement concerning the Obama administration’s focus on youth employment, primarily during the summer months, in an effort to provide a gateway for access to long term employment opportunities. The Youth Jobs+ initiative...
Jul 24, 2013 | News, The New Nixon
James “Whitey” Bulger taken in 1953 after his first arrest As the trial of notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger carries on and a series of key witnesses take the stand, a look back at President Nixon’s own fight against organized crime will help the...
Jul 23, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
Reading the introductory remarks of Carol Browner at the dedication ceremony of the EPA building in Washington DC that took place on July 17, one could easily believe the agency is only twenty years old, and a product of the Clinton Administration. “Twenty years ago...
Jul 19, 2013 | News, Pre-Presidential Years, The New Nixon
Garment recruited the author to President Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign (Getty). It is said that when the novelist John O’Hara learned of the death of his friend, composer George Gershwin, he wrote: “They tell me George is dead, but I don’t...
Jul 18, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
Former adviser to President Nixon, Leonard Garment, passed away earlier this week at the age of 89. After assisting with Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign, Garment joined the White House Staff in 1969, serving as special consultant to the President on Domestic...
Jul 18, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
Today’s public loves their lists, whether it is Forbes’s World’s Billionaires, Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, or People’s Most Beautiful. With much of the same fervor, the women of the Nixon administration also became the subject of media attention....
